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ABOUT THE DATA:
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics allows authorized researchers to access this data on site in Washington, D.C. 
Please see http://www.bls.gov/bls/blsresda.htm for more information.

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RUNNING THESE PROGRAMS: 
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To analyze the data for a specific item, execute ITEM_<NAME OF ITEM>.SAS.

To analyze the data for all items, execute RUNALL.SAS. 

Please be aware that specific references to confidential data have been censored in these programs.

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DESCRIPTION OF SAS FILES:
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- TABLESTOBUILD.SAS
  Select which procedures to run by commenting out lines. All runs reference this file.

- TOOLS.SAS, PTOOLS.SAS
  Miscellaneous macro tools.

- CREATE_FILES.SAS 
  Prepares output files, defines certain regression variables, etc.

- FIGURE_1.SAS
  Calculates percentages of observations associated with each outlet type over time.

- TABLE_2.SAS 
  Calculates for alternative indexes.

- TABLE_3_4.SAS 
  Regresses price on date and store type; then on date, store type, and specifications; then on date, store type, and specifications excepting size. 

- TABLE_5.SAS 
  Summarizes average product sizes.

- TABLE_6.SAS 
  Decomposes outlet effects by store type.

- VERIFY_STATS_PT1.SAS, VERIFY_STATS_PT2.SAS 
  Generates certain summary numbers such as the total number of outlets, etc.

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DESCRIPTION OF EXCEL FILES:
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- DISCOUNTS.XLSW
  Contains item-specific worksheets created by TABLE_3_4.SAS.  Produces Table 3 and 4 price differentials.

- LOGINDEXES.XLSW
  Contains item-specific worksheets created by TABLE_2.SAS.  Produces Table 2 index results.

- LOGCONTRIBS.XLSW
  Contains item-specific worksheets created by TABLE_6.SAS.  Produces Table 6 outlet effect decompositions.

- FIGURE1.XLSW
  Data produced by FIGURE_1.SAS.  Produces Figure 1 share distribution.

- PCTLS.XLSW
  Contains item-specific worksheets created by TABLE_5.SAS.  Produces Table 5 size distribution statistics.



